You go to no end of trouble and expense to make sure your horses stay sound. Footing, hoof care, nutrition, bandaging, thoughtful training—you leave no stone unturned. Except, maybe, the stones in your arena?
If you’ve never given a thought to rocks that might be lurking under the surface of your arena footing, you’re not alone. But there’s a local company with a product that takes that one last bit of potential trouble out of your arena and your life.
Ideal Rockaway, located in Gordonville, Lancaster County, PA, specializes in manufacturing the Rockaway Landscape Rake, a rock rake attachment that pulls rocks from two inches to eight inches in diameter from your footing. Just attach it to your skid steer or tractor and start (de)rocking.
Ideal’s rock rakes come in three sizes -- 84” wide, 74” wide, and 44” wide for mini stand-on skid steers. All are designed and built in the USA. You can count on Amish manufacturing and top-level performance. They come with a standard quick-attach skid steer attachment plate.
New for 2024 is a screening bucket version, perfect for horse arena rock removal because once you are done with collection you can screen out most of the arena footing that got collected with the rocks, placing it back in the arena. Screening buckets are available for all three Rockaway models.
Ideal Rockaway attachments are low-maintenance and highly reliable. Using a single rotor assembly with a protected dry chain drive system, these rock rakes don’t experience the common breakdown issues some other brands struggle with. Fewer moving parts mean fewer problems.
Watch a video of Ideal Rockaway removing rocks from the Columbia Riding Club arena in Lancaster County, PA at idealrockaway.com. For a quote or more information, phone (717) 929-0472 or email brandon@idealmanufacturingllc.com.